Sexuality, Power and Identity: A Study of the Intersection between Sexuality and Faith in the LGBT Buddhist Community.

性、权力和身份：LGBT 佛教群体中性与信仰的交叉点研究。

• 批准号: 2421471
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Nottingham
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2421471
• 关键词: Sexuality; Power; Identity; Study; Intersection

The research focuses on the practice of Buddhism in Britain from an LGBTQ+ perspective, representing an in-depth study of the LGBTQ+ Buddhist community which combines sociological research methods with textual analysis. The aim of this project is to explore the intersection between the sociology of religion/spirituality, the sociology of sexuality and Buddhist studies, highlighting a timely, relevant interpretation of Buddhist insight, which will contribute significantly to the field of modern faith studies. This project uses a layered qualitative methodology to provide a more diverse understanding of Buddhism in Britain, paying close attention to the nuances surrounding the practices, rituals, and lived-experiences of LGBTQ+ practitioners. To achieve this, the research presents the perspectives of the Buddhist institutions themselves, their respective spiritual leaders, and self-defined LGBT lay practitioners as the focus of its academic narrative. This provides an important lens for the analysis of Western Buddhist institutions with regards to the diversity of the organisational leadership and its subsequent relationship to LGBT issues.

本研究从LGBTQ+的视角关注佛教在英国的实践，代表了对LGBTQ+佛教社区的深入研究，将社会学研究方法与文本分析相结合。该项目的目的是探索宗教/灵性社会学、性社会学和佛教研究之间的交叉点，突出对佛教洞察力的及时、相关的解释，这将对现代信仰研究领域做出重大贡献。该项目采用分层定性方法，以提供对英国佛教的更多样化的理解，密切关注LGBTQ+从业者的实践，仪式和生活经历的细微差别。为了实现这一点，研究提出了佛教机构本身的观点，他们各自的精神领袖，以及自我定义的LGBT平信徒作为其学术叙述的重点。这为分析西方佛教机构提供了一个重要的透镜，可以了解组织领导层的多样性及其与LGBT问题的关系。